Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1911 — Prevention of Lice. [ARTICLE]

Prevention of Lice.

Young turkeys and chicks quickly succumb to lice, for as soon as the chicks are hatched the lice leave the dams and infest the young ones. The dust bath, cleanliness in the poultry house, examination of the fowls once a week and prompt work as soon as evidence of lice appears will save not only the young birds, but also increase the number of eggs. No klnd of oil or grease should bo used too freely to eradicate lice from the bodies of the fowls or chicks. The difficulty is that poultrymen as a rule do not employ any remedy at all until Hee have gotten the mastery of the fowls and the flock is being thinned out by death.